Garambura national rugby union team

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Garambura
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Les zèbres
("The Zebras")
EmblemPlains zebra
UnionFédération Garambourenne de Rugby
Head coachThabani Gininda
CaptainJean-Loup Dupuy
Most capsGazani Khece (181)
Top scorerSiseko Mvovo (1064)
Top try scorerPerceval d'Aramitz (108)
Home stadiumColisée national, Mambiza, Garambura
First colours
Second colours
First international
Haute-Gond 3–17 Baséland File:BLFlag.png
(Jirotta, Haute-Gond; 17 October 1906)
Biggest win
 Garambura 82–0 Galenia Galenia
(Mambiza, Garambura; 2 March 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Satavia 49–0 Garambura Garambura
(Port Hope, Satavia; 18 November 1988)
World Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1981)
Best resultChampions, 2001, 2021

The Garamburan national rugby union team, colloquially referred to as The Zebras (Gaullican: Les zèbres) is the national rugby union team of Garambura, representing the country in rugby tournaments at the international level. Established as the Baséland Rugby Federation in 1906, it is Bahia's oldest and most successful international rugby team. The team is also known for its distinctive pink second kits, as well as its black-and-white-striped first kits that emulate zebra stripes, the animal the team uses for its emblem.

Garambura has participated in all eleven rugby world cup's since the tournament's inauguration in 1981, winning twice (2001, 2021), finishing runners-up once (2013), third place once (2005) and fourth place three times (1985, 1997, 2009), and is the only country from Coius to win the trophy. The country also hosted the 2017 Rugby World Cup, where it lost 18–10 to Satavia in the quarter-finals. Siseko Mvovo is the team's top scorer with 1064 points between 1981 and 1996, Gazani Khece is the most-capped international with 181, and Perceval d'Amaritz is the country's top try scorer, who still plays internationally for the team.

The team plays its home games at Mambiza's Colisée national, and have done so since 1970. Between 1496 and 1969 the rugby team for East Riziland mainly played matches within Bahia, with its best places representing Rwizikuru at the wider international level during that period.

History

Early years: 1906–1926

Wartime era: 1926–1946

Domestic slump: 1946–1969

Post-independence: 1969–

Records

Squad

Previous coaches